School: Cnoc Breac
- Location:
- New Inn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoldúin
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- Local Cures
In former times the people had several cures of their own for common ailments, while certain people had powers of healing denied to other.
For instance the seventh son or daughter in a family was called the doctor, and had cures for various disease.
A child who never saw its father had a cure for sore eyes and mouth.
others had cures which were charms and which they inherited from their parents.
They made use of these charms to cure such diseases as jaundice rheumatism and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kevin Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Melody
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Corrabaun, Co. Galway
